Fig. 1: ['Crested Provence' is closely related to 'Oeillet'. The study differentiates the former from 'Cristata' or 'Chapeau de Napoléon'. Next kin is 'Old Black' = 'Nuits de Young and ' Mignonne Charmante'. Further related is 'Aristobule'].

Cristata Moss... distinguished by its crested calyx set in leaves like frilled parsley. Vibert received it from a botanist in Fribourg, who himself found it on an old degenerated Centifolia plant in the garden of a ruined castle...

Chapeau de Napoléon ('Cristata', 'Crested Moss') Description... The fringed and mossy sepals project from the buds in such a way that they resemble little three-cornered hats like the French tricorne that Napoleon often wore. Full pink flowers paling to silvery mauve...

Chapeau de Napoleon... the botanical name is Rosa centifolia cristata... The sepals which guard the unopened bud have sported crested wing-like growths such that they resemble the cockade on an 18th century general's hat...